Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1956;38:219-221.
© 1956 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
AN IMPROVED PROSTHESIS FOR A SYME AMPUTATION
Rex L. Diveley M.D.1 and
Richard H. Kiene M.D.1
1 Dickson-Diveley Clinic, Kansas City
With this prosthesis it is possible to overcome the major objection to a Syme amputation in women patients and to offer them the many advantages of the weight-bearing, below-the-knee amputation of the Syme type.